Sheen to shoot from the hip

Charlie Sheen's Violent Torpedo of Truth/Defeat is Not An Option show will be an 80-minute monologue by the actor, shooting from his hip and his memory, according to one of the show's producers.

Joey Scoleri told E! News over the weekend that the 45-year-old entertainer, who was fired from Two and a Half Men for his extra-curricular activities, will "riff like an artist" for 80 minutes without a script.

He added that some multimedia elements will be used and that "people are going to be pleasantly surprised."

Sheen's21-date North American tour, which opens April 2 in Detroit, includes dates at Toronto's Massey Hall on April 14 and Rogers Arena in Vancouver on May 2. Ticket prices range from $80 to $110.

Scoleri says the show promises to be a "wild ride of highs and lows and dark and light and laughter."

There are few details about the show except for the description on the Ticketmaster website which contains a series of statements: "Will you laugh? Will you scream? Will you know the truth? WILL THERE BE MORE?!?! This IS where you will hear the REAL story from the Warlock. Bring it. I dare you to keep up with me."

Audience members will be allowed a Q&A with the actor.

Sheen, who has wandered through a merry-go-round of drug and alcohol rehab in the past year, had been the highest paid American TV actor when he was fired on March 7 due to what executives called his "dangerously self-destructive conduct."

Sheen responded with a $100 million US wrongful dismissallawsuit against Warner Bros. Television and the show's executive producer, Chuck Lorre.